“I believe that millions of years ago, this was all at the bottom of an ocean. In another million years, it all will be again. Anything that happens between now and then is insignificant.” And people call me cynical. “A nihilist,” she said at length. “Cheerful.” “Does the Necromancer disagree?” “Oh, not at all. Humanity is a transitory plague. Bound to drive ourselves to extinction sooner or later.” He glanced at her with a half-smile. “Cheerful.”
